Coaching a Team

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Coaching baseball is as demanding as it is rewarding. Without a plan and some basic organization, coaches spend more time on running the team than coaching the team. These items will help you avoid that and have fun coaching your team.

Things All Coaches Need to Have

1. Team Practice Plans
2. Practice Station Guide
3. Proper warmup  & stretching procedure
4. Basic mechanics skill sheet for coaches and parents - cheatsheet for coaching fundamentals
5. Recommended equipment for players
6. Required gear for the baseball team
7. Communication with parents: email, phone tree
8. Individual Practice Plans
9. Basic Rules - Balks, Infield Fly, Obstruction, Interference
10. First aid kit
11. Best Baseball Apps

Things All Coaches Need to Know

1. How to make a line up
2. How to manage a game
3. Pitch Counts, Pitch Limits and Pitcher Recovery Times
4. How to Give/ Create Signs
5. What to look for when evaluating fundamentals
6. How to correct poor fundamentals
7. Basic knowledge of pitching, catching, fielding, hitting and base running
8. How/when to talk to a player during a game
9. What to tell baserunners
10. How to talk to umpires
11. How/when to talk to parents

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